Ethical will

A little introduction to those who are joining us now and did not have the benefit of being with us over the past few days.

We're studying chapter 25 of book four of Tanya.

Book four is a collection of letters written by the author of the Tanya, the Alter Rebbe, 32 letters, and we're on letter 25.

Letter 25 is a long letter lasting over more than a week of Tanya classes.

Today, the Baal Shem Tov is accepted throughout, and there isn't a, a, a culture within Judaism that is not affected in a meaningful way by the Baal Shem Tov.

But back then, there were many people who were critical of the seemingly new teachings of the Baal Shem Tov, so they would take everything they could and rip it apart and tear it apart.

There's a book that was printed, The Ethical Will of the Baal Shem Tov, L'vav HaTzaddik.

In this book, the Baal Shem Tov wrote in very simplistic terms that everything that happens, happens by divine providence.